Month: January 2016

Follow @VanessaJunkin It’s the last day of January, which means it’s time to wrap up my running for this first month of 2016. I ran 110.9 miles. I only did 16 runs in January, so this total was greatly increased by the fact that I did five long runs — a 10-miler, two 12-milers, a 15-miler, … More 7 facts about my January running

Today was the last day of my self-imposed challenge to pack or make my lunch at home every day I worked in January. I’m happy to report that I succeeded! I worked and packed or made my lunch 20 days in January, 21 if you count a day that I was off from my full-time … More Six things I learned from my January lunch challenge

Follow @VanessaJunkin Marathon training doesn’t stop for the snow. The training may change, but it doesn’t stop. I had today — Friday, Jan. 22 — off work because I am scheduled to work Sunday, so I decided to get in a solo 15-miler. This weekend was actually supposed to be a 12-miler, but since last weekend’s … More The 15-miler before the storm

I already have my next pair of Brooks Adrenalines sitting, ready-to-go downstairs (these are the ones I got for $1.83 on Amazon after a discount, gift card and Discover Cashback bonus). But the Brooks website is currently having a winter sale, and I just had to buy another pair. Women’s Brooks Adrenaline 15s, the shoes I … More Running gear deals to check out

I was skeptical when I looked at my phone this morning and saw there was a 100 percent chance of snow for later in the day. It didn’t feel that cold out. I arrived at the Guerrieri University Center parking lot at Salisbury University on Sunday morning for the Tim Kennard group training run, planning … More The first snow run of the season

This isn’t necessarily a running post, but healthy eating and exercise go hand-in-hand, so I figured I would share the challenge I created for myself during January. While on Twitter one day, I realized I had packed my lunch on workdays for four out of the four days in 2016. I decided to challenge myself … More My January healthy eating/money saving challenge

With temperatures that reached at least 61 degrees on Saturday, it was a beautiful day for a run, and I spent the morning on a long run with my friend Veronica. I ran 12 miles, my first beyond-10-mile run of marathon training for the Shamrock Marathon on March 20. Next weekend, I have a 15-miler … More Marathon training ramps up with a trek through Tyaskin, Bivalve

There are plenty of things I want to do, running-wise, in 2016, but I’m picking four main goals, two of which are holdovers from previous years. Run that less-than-50-minute 10K. Despite getting times of 50:15 and 50:20 in 2014, I never made it under 50 minutes, and then my 10K times during 2015 were much slower. … More 2016 goals: A marathon PR, strength training and more

Follow @VanessaJunkin 2015 had to be my slowest running year to date, but there were plenty of good things about my year of running. I ended up logging my slowest times in nearly every race distance. I’m not sure what my slowest 5K race time is, but it was probably this year. I also logged my … More Running Year in Review: 2015

Before I get to wrapping up the entire year of running for 2015 — that’ll be the next post — I’ll take a look back at just December. Here are eight facts about my December running. I ran 89.62 miles. Despite a bit of a push at the end to try to reach my 1,200-mile goal for the … More Eight facts about my December running